CC RES 1979-027 RESOLUTION NO. 79-27
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES SUPPORTING
AB-479 (RYAN)
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES HEREBY FINDS,
RESOLVES AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 1533 (Knox) as amended by Assembly Bill 2137 (Knox)
created the Municipal Organization Act of 1978 (MORGA) ; and
WHEREAS, the adoption of this Act established uniform procedures regulating
City boundaries; and
II/ WHEREAS, the Act outlines provisions whereby residents of contiguous territory
to a City may effect annexation by petition through the Local Agency Formation
Commission (LAFCO) without the consent of the City Council and/or City residents;
and
WHEREAS, the Act undermines vital long range City planning in such areas as
finance, land use, social services and residential development; and
WHEREAS, the Act removes all local control and decision making by limiting
both the voice and the vote of locally elected officials and City residents.
Furthermore, the Act precludes a vote by the residents within the affected City;
and
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 479 (Ryan) proposes to remedy this inequity by pro-
viding that where -inhabited territory is proposed to be annexed to a City, and
where that territory is not within the sphere of influence of the City, the
proposed annexation shall be submitted to the voters of the City for approval if
a petition, signed by not less than 25% of the registered voters of the City, has
been filed; and
WHEREAS, failure to approve the annexation proposal by vote of the residents
of either the affected territory or the City would defeat the proposal;
NOW, THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes hereby
expresses its support of the provisions of AB 479 and urges the State Legislature
to approve that Act.
SECTION 2: The City Clerk is hereby directed to provide copies of this
Resolution to members of the State Assembly and Senate Committees on Local Government,
to the executive officer and members of the Los Angeles County LAFCO, to each Mayor
of Cities within Los Angeles County, to the Board of Directors of the League of
California Cities (Los Angeles Chapter) , and to the Board of Directors of the
League of California Cities in Sacramento.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 20th day of March, 1979.
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MAYOR
ATTEST:
LEONARD G. WOOD, CITY CLERK &
EX OFFICIO CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
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CI ,4 CLERK/
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of Resolution
No. 79-27 approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes
at a meeting thereof held on the 20th day of March, 1979.
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